Subject: Re: catenaries vs. parabolas
From: Paul Hertzel (hertzpau@niacc.cc.ia.us)
Date: Wed May 03 2000 - 16:16:49 EDT
What does this mean?
So when you hold a flexible chain in front of students with
your hands close together and slowly spread them so the
curve becomes more "shallow", it becomes clear that the
distribution along the hanging chain "approaches" the
distribution along the axis and the catenary thus approaches
a parabola. ( George Dorner )
The distribution of what? Are there little things hanging from the
chain? Where is the axis in question?
Paul Hertzel
NIACC
Mason City IA
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